Combined scrubber and mop.



A. Pb'RIsnAL.

COMBINED SGRUBBER AND MOP.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1912.

Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

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ANTON FRISDAL, OF LILLEHAMMER, NORWAY.

COMBINED SCRUBBER AND MOP.

Application filed November 19, 1912.

T 0 all whom, 2'25 ma" concern Be it known that I, ANTON FoRIsDAL, a subject of the King of Norway, residing at Lillehammer, Norway, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Scrubbers and Mops; and I do hereby de clare the following to be a full, clear, and

will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to scrubbing brushes, in which the scrubbing cloth can be passed below the brush or be removed from the same without the operator touching the cloth with his hands the cloth according to the present invention being during its withdrawal automatically freed of water by means of wringing rollers.

In the following I shall now describe the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings where:

. Figure l is a side view of the apparatus with the scrubbing cloth in position below the brush. Fig. 2 is a plan view. Fig. 3 shows the device after the scrubbing cloth has been withdrawn from the brush while the latter is being used for scrubbing. Fig. 4 shows a modification of the clamping device for attaching the cloth.

The brush 1 is secured in a suitable manner to the head 2 of the stick. To each side of the head 2 of the stick are mounted framings 3 and 4 respectively in which are journaled two rollers, 5 and G. at the back of the brush. The former of these rollers is movable with respect to said framings, it being journaled in arms 7 and 8 mounted on the outer side of the framings and which are pivoted to said framings at 9 and 10 in such a manner as to enable the roller 5 to be forced nearer up to the roller 6 so that the water is pressed out of the scrubbing cloth 11 passing between the rollers. Said inwardly directed swinging motion of the roller 5 is effected. by arms 13 pivoted on the pin 12 and acting on the arms 7 and 8. The free ends of said arms 13 are con nected with the arms 7 and 8 and are guided in slots in the framings 3 and 4 respectively, and the arms are acted upon by a spring 17 which is laid around the horizontal portion 18 of a bail 21 pivotally mounted on the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent-ed Aug. 26,1913.

Serial No. 732,264.

front part of the brush head, at 20, and in the framings 3 and 4. Near the front transverse portion 22 of said bail is mounted an arm 1-5 serving as a holder for one end of the scrubbing cloth. The bail is provided at 23 and 24 respectively with bent-up portions in which the free ends 25 of the springs 17 engage in such a manner as to cause the bail to be turned forwardly thereby tightening the scrubbing cloth below the brush the free end of the scrubbing cloth being connected with a bail 28 provided on the underside of the stick at a suitable distance from the floor according to the length of the cloth; The ends of said bail 28 are provided with ears through which passes a pin 30 connecting said bail to an arm 29 and having a handle 31. The opposite end of this arm 29 is pivoted in a ferrule 32 on the broom stick which may suitably be adapt-ed to slide on the latter and may be secured in position by a winged nut. The arm 29 is so mounted that it will be retained automatically in the withdrawn position shown in Fig. 3.

To limit the upward movement of the movable wringing roller there may be provided a slotted stop 34 which can be secured in position on the framing by means of a winged screw and against which the arm 7 or 8 respectively will abut.

The rollers may conveniently be provided with a suitable coat of india rubber or the like, and for cleaning the roller 6, if re quired, a brush 35 may be provided, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

I It is preferred to arrange the rollers so that seen from the side the cloth will be passed between them in an approximately 8 shaped curve, whereby the wringing action of the rollers is increased. Also, due to the S-shaped curve there will always be less friction on the first roller than on the last in direction of themovement of the cloth and thus when using an endless cloth a step by step displacement of the same is caused so that the cloth will be uni formly worn all over.

In the embodiment shown the scrubbing cloth is endless, but there may also be used any ordinary scrubbing cloth the ends of which are attached to the arms 22 and 28 respectively. The device for fixing the cloth to the bail 21, 22 is shown in Fig. 1, where the bail 21 is shown in section on the line AA of Fig. 1. The arm 15 with one end is hooked to the bail 21 so that it can be released and swung down as pointed out with dotted lines. Thus to put on an endless cloth it is only necessary to unhook the arm 15 whereupon the cloth can be put on. To prevent the cloth from shrinking 0n the arm 15, said, arm is bent at both ends as at 16, and a string 36 is fixed to the cloth at both sides adapted to take up the longitudinal strain on the same. VJ hen the cloth is pulled tight, the bends at 16 will act to prevent shrinking of the cloth.

It is obvious that considerable advantages above the ordinary scrubbing brushes are obtained by the present invention as it is not necessary to wring the cloth by hand and afterward attach it to the brush, which is injurious to the hands on account of the strong chemicals contained in the washing water. In the present arrangement it is only necessary to turn an arm with a handle whereby the cloth is passed below or away from the brush while at the same time it is wrung by passing between the wringing rollers,

The several parts may of course be made in a different manner than those illustrated and described.

1. A scrubbing device comprising in combination a brush, a handle, a mop cloth, a pair of wringing rollers positioned in rear of said brush, arms pivotally mounted on the brush head and forming journals for one of said wringing rollers, a wire holder carried on the handle and adapted to hold the rear edge of the mop cloth, a second wire holder pivotally mounted to the brush head and adapted to retain the forward edge of the mop cloth, a coiled spring mounted on the brush head, one end adapted to bear on the wire holder at the front of the brush, the other end adapted to bear on the pivoted arms supporting one of the wringing rollers, substantially as described.

2. In a mop holder, a bail to hold one end of an endless cloth, and means to fasten the loop in. the cloth to the bail comprising a member hinged at one end to the bail and provided on its other end with a hook for detachable engagement with the bail.

3. In scrubbing brushes the combination with an endless scrubbing cloth passed over movable holders so as to be placed in one position under the brush and in another behind the same of wringing rollers between which the scrubbing cloth is passed so as to be freed from water passing from one of the said positions to the other, said rollers being so placed that the cloth is passed between them in an approximately Sshaped curve when seen from the side, with the ob ject ofincreasing the wringing action of the rollers.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ANTON FORISDAL. lVitnesses N. E. Gn'r'rnosnn, RUTH Linns'rnoar.

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Washington, D. C. 

